# The Last Brownie Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 10, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-brownie-game/520767 "2009-12-10T20:43:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-brownie-game/520767/1 "2009-12-10T20:43:42Z")
This game is inspired by the dinner party in _Notting Hill_. Imagine as it were, that there is one delectable brownie left on the plate. Parties interested in getting a shot at the brownie must present their case for why they should be awarded the brownie by entertaining us with a true story of a humorously horrible thing that happened to them this week. The most entertainingly pathetic entry wins. The rules: [ol] [li]The story must be true and actually have happened to the participant this week. (12/06 - 12/10)[/li][li]The story should entertain the audience, but not depress them.[/li][li]The story must be submitted by midnight tonight.[/li][li]The story should be 100 words or less.[/li][li]The winners will be announced on Friday by 12 noon EST. [/li][li]The decision of the judges are final.[/li][li]In the event that the judges cannot choose a definitive winner, a poll will be made.[/li][li]The winner will then be awarded the Last Brownie. If the story is very good, I may even send you the brownie myself![/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-brownie-game/520767/2 "2009-12-10T22:11:18Z")
Rule 1 sucks because it is not a “week”, only five days, so I unilaterally extend the date from 12/5 through 12/10. I spent a ton a money on a trip to Seattle that was a pure, unmitigated sucktastrophe. The rental car sucked, the hotel sucked, the weather (30 deg F) sucked, the metal benches in Husky Stadium sucked, the Cal v Washington game sucked (did the Cal team even show up?) I was alone (my date stood me up) and freezing and miserable every single fricken minute. It took four hours for my butt to warm up afterwards! I was so eager to get out of that hellhole that I got to the airport 3 hours early. If the entire state of Washington wanted to fall into the ocean, that would be fine with me. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-brownie-game/520767/3 "2009-12-10T22:20:48Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > If the entire state of Washington wanted to fall into the ocean, that would be fine with me. Egad, I hope not! That’s where I keep all my stuff. Well, not anymore, actually. Standing up a date? The place must have really gone downhill once I left. Sorry about the sucky trip, but please do tell all your California friends about it. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-brownie-game/520767/4 "2009-12-10T22:32:24Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Rule 1 sucks because it is not a “week”, only five days, so I unilaterally extend the date from 12/5 through 12/10. Still kinda narrow, given that you only have a few hours to get submissions in. Now, if the timeframe was a month, I could have used my funny colostomy-bag story from the week before Thanksgiving. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-brownie-game/520767/5 "2009-12-11T03:55:09Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Still kinda narrow, given that you only have a few hours to get submissions in. > > Now, if the timeframe was a month, I could have used my funny colostomy-bag story from the week before Thanksgiving. Fine - I extend the dates to a month . . . colostomy away! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-brownie-game/520767/6 "2009-12-11T20:08:42Z")
How about the week I had: I got all depressed this week because of all the weight I’ve been gaining, plus I got a bunch of pimples, the dentist just said I’m going to need a bunch of fillings, and on top of that the doctor just said that the near-fatal collapse I had this week was from a chocolate allergy and he thinks I have diabetes. Shouldn’t I get the brownie? (oh, wait, true stories? Well, never mind. Consider this a bump in hopes of getting something even better than the colostomy story) ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-brownie-game/520767/7 "2009-12-11T20:10:19Z")
\*\*Karen \*\*gets the brownie, since she’s the only one who wanted it. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-brownie-game/520767/8 "2009-12-11T22:29:18Z")
I missed the cut-off, but I had a quick anecdote that made more chuckle many times when thinking about it this week. Background, my son S is 5 and a kindergartner. His grandpa is an astrophysicist, and S has already been to a shuttle and a rocket launch with grandpa’s instruments on them. He knows more about space than any 5 year old should. He is just starting to read. S: Dad, this week is ‘A’ week in school. So I told Ms. Lourde to write adelta on the word wall. Me: You mean this is ‘D’ week? S: No it’s ‘A’ week. I don’t mean Delta like the airplanes. I was talking about Adelta V rocket. You know like the moon shots went up on Adelta V rocket. Me: What did Ms. Lourde say about that? S: She didn’t think I was quite right, but I convinced her and spelled it for her so she could put it on the board. Me: Well that was very nice of her to discuss it with you. Did you have any other A words? S: No I couldn’t think of any. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-brownie-game/520767/9 "2009-12-11T23:18:44Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > \*\*Karen \*\*gets the brownie, since she’s the only one who wanted it. YAY me! Thx.